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B.C. Indigenous groups keeping borders closed to limit COVID-19 spread, despite growing economic impact
Title (Dublin Core)
B.C. Indigenous groups keeping borders closed to limit COVID-19 spread, despite growing economic impact
Description (Dublin Core)
"Indigenous bands along the west coast of British Columbia say their borders will remain closed to tourists and non-residents, despite the economic impact, as they work to raise awareness about the threat COVID-19 poses to their communities."
"'A lot of our communities are remote and testing is not easily available,' she said. 'If you’re in Port Alberni, or Nanaimo, or Victoria, or somewhere (else), you can get testing and get results in 24 hours. It’s not the same with our communities.'
"The closures have resulted in disputes between Indigenous groups and local businesses.
"The Haida Nation in Haida Gwaii have turned away non-residents at the ferry terminal, discouraged leisure travel and called on two local fishing lodges to rethink their reopening plans."
"'A lot of our communities are remote and testing is not easily available,' she said. 'If you’re in Port Alberni, or Nanaimo, or Victoria, or somewhere (else), you can get testing and get results in 24 hours. It’s not the same with our communities.'
"The closures have resulted in disputes between Indigenous groups and local businesses.
"The Haida Nation in Haida Gwaii have turned away non-residents at the ferry terminal, discouraged leisure travel and called on two local fishing lodges to rethink their reopening plans."
indigenous stories, testing, reopening, frustration, economic impacts
Date (Dublin Core)
July 13, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Nick Wells
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Hope Gresser
Type (Dublin Core)
Article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Source (Dublin Core)
The Canadian Press
Publisher (Dublin Core)
The Globe and Mail
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Community & Community Organizations
English
Health & Wellness
English
News coverage
English
Rural
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
testing
reopening
frustration
economic impacts
borders
British Columbia
Collection (Dublin Core)
Rural Voices
Canada
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/13/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/07/2020
3/17/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
2/3/2021
This item was submitted on July 13, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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